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...takes it in her hands, and studies what she drew: three children gathering rice in a field. A Khmer Rouge soldier has a rifle trained on them, "to keep them working." Off to the left of he picture is the device. It looks like a wheel with a hollow hub and spokes leading out to the rim. Or perhaps it is a doughnut with lines on it. Three extra lines extend from the outer rim at he bottom, giving the thing the appearance of an insect. At the top there is yet another line sticking out at an angle...
...seats. This old problem has become even worse since the air controllers walked off the job because passengers are even more fearful of missing a flight or being delayed. The day before Thanksgiving was a near disaster for many airlines. Some 25% of Delta's passengers at its hub airport in Atlanta were so-called no-shows...
Sullivan said yesterday he misses Cambridge, but added that his new role has "plenty of excitement." A top priority at the moment is helping the Hub find its way out of a pressing financial crisis, he says, adding that most attention is focused on Beacon Hill, where state legislators are considering the "Tregor Plan" to authorize new city borrowing and bail Boston...
...with one stop at Gas-N-Jeans, a new combination service station and fashion emporium. The gas pumps out front are standard enough, but inside the red-and green-painted garage, a carpet covers the grease stains. While the walls are still lined with tires, fan belts and hub caps, the steel hoists once used to lift cars now support jeans, sweaters, shirts and skirts bearing 20 different designer labels, including Bill Blass, Calvin Klein and Sasson. The gas is discount: $1.26 per gal. So are the threads: $29.99 for a pair of Diane Von Furstenberg jeans, compared with...
...North." As evidence, he points out that his native Atlanta features a Black mayor and a Black chief of police, and recalls that former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, who is also Black, hails from Atlanta, too. After several weeks in Boston, he believes that the Hub "is as racist a place as you'll find anywhere...